IEAS

LAST DAY at AAS. Here are some UC Berkeley speakers and presenters on the schedule this morning. IEAS PUBLICATIONS will be in Booth 219 at the Vancouver Convention Center until 12:30pm. See you there. Thanks to those who came to the UCB Reception last night!

TODAY at AAS, many of our faculty, students, and staff are participating in talks. We want to highlight KATE CHOUTA, our Publications Editor, who will be chairing Panel 938: The East Asian War of 1592–1598 in Korean and World History and also at our PUBLICATIONS BOOTH 219.

IEAS at the Association for Asian Studies Conference TODAY (3/13)! Stop by our PUBLICATIONS Booth and see our latest books. We’re in BOOTH 219! Come by and say HI. The first full day at AAS includes many speakers from UC Berkeley. Take a peek below.

There is still time to give during BIG GIVE! Not quite the last call, but just a gentle nudge to consider supporting IEAS's newish Undergraduate Research Awards. Learn how John Dong used his research award last year at conta.cc/4svLcdf. Give at ieas.berkeley.edu/biggive.

@AASAsianStudies Annual Conference starts TODAY! Here are the speakers from @UCBerkeley on the schedule TODAY. To check out the full list of our speakers at AAS 2026, please visit ieas.berkeley.edu/news/ieas-aas-….

BIG GIVE is happening today until 9 PM. IEAS will again focus on raising funds for our Undergraduate Research Awards. JOANN MOON received an award last year and explained how it helped her. Learn more and give TODAY at ieas.berkeley.edu/biggive.

The Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference will open next Thursday (3/12) in Vancouver, BC. The program will include a wealth of speakers from UCB. They are highlighted at ieas.berkeley.edu/news/ieas-aas-…. Don’t forget to drop by our booth! IEAS Publication is in Booth 219.

Big Give, UCB’s 24-hr fundraising blitz, is in a week. We’re gearing up to raise money for our Undergraduate Research Awards again. Among the winners of last year’s award was Xavier Beck (History, Class of 2026). Learn how he used his award at conta.cc/3OpL28s.

2026 GW Strait Talk Symposium Applications due Monday, MARCH 30, 11:59 PM The Taiwan Education and Research Program at the George Washington Univ, is hosting the 2026 GW Strait Talk conflict engagement symposium from May 29-31, 2026. You can apply at tinyurl.com/423x86an.

TOMORROW (3/5) at 4pm in 226 Dwinelle Hall. Speaker JULIA ALEKSEYEVA (U of Penn), takes a look at Japanese Media 1970s and Beyond: Part 2: Cinema and Media Theory. Learn more about filmmaker Matsumoto Toshio and this talk at conta.cc/3PhODWk.

This Friday (3/6), learn about the Evolution of Books and Preservation of Material Culture. Join us at IEAS (2111 Bancroft Wy, 5th Fl) from 9 am - 12:30 pm and the East Asian Library from 2:00 - 5:00 pm to hear speakers on conservation, technology and challenges.

This Friday (3/6), let's look at the Evolution of Books and Preservation of Material Culture. Join us at IEAS (2111 Bancroft Wy, 5th Fl) from 9 am - 12:30 pm and in the East Asian Library from 2:00 - 5:00 pm to hear speakers focusing on conservation, technology and challenges.

JACOB EYFERTH, a social historian of China, will talk about "A World without Money: Demonetization and Everyday Life in Collective-Era Rural China" on March 5, 4 - 5:30 p.m. Please join us in 370 Dwinelle Hall, as we look into the reasons for rural demonetization...

On Thur, the Inaugural Yin-Cheng Lecture will be given by ESTER BIANCHI on "Dharma in Diaspora: Religiosity and Buddhist Practices in Italy’s Chinese Communities." Bianchi is the Visiting Prof in Buddhist Studies, UCB. Her talk will be in the Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall.

This Thursday (3/5 at 5pm) | Hong Yung Lee Book Award Ceremony with SUZY KIM, author of Among Women across Worlds: North Korea in the Global Cold War. Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/5d87pkz6 if you wish to join us at the David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley.

TOMORROW (2/26) at 5pm at IEAS (2111 Bancroft Wy, 5th Fl. conference room) Explore "Tragedy in a Medieval Tale" with speaker OR PORATH, Tel Aviv University. Focusing on “A Long Tale for an Autumn Night,” the earliest pictorial work belonging to the genre of chigo monogatari.

There is so much going on at CSEAS! Read their latest Newsletter at conta.cc/4aUDjqt. Image below by Arif Kartono of Malaysia's religious dept members using telescopes to perform 'Rukyah', the sighting of the new moon to mark the start of Ramadan. Kuala Lumpur on Feb 17.

Join us TOMORROW (2/26 at 12:30pm) for "Junta on the Defense: Making Sense of Myanmar in 2026" with guest speaker AUNG KYAW MOE, Deputy Minister of Human Rights in Myanmar's Pro-democracy government-in-exile.

TODAY (2/20 at 3:10pm) in 370 Dwinelle Hall, join CJS in exploring Japan’s Immigration Policies at a Crossroads. Japan’s immigrants now make up 3% of its population. Learn more about this change at today’s symposium. ieas.berkeley.edu/japans-immigra….

MOSAIC Taiwan 2026 is now accepting applications! Deadline is March 11th. MOSAIC is geared towards US and Canadian citizens (ages 20-35 yo), who are interested in experiencing Taiwan's culture and society this summer. Learn more at roctaiwan.org/ussfo_en/post/….